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For the first time in weeks, I actually have time to think. I have a couple of essays done, and about 4 more looming but a pleasant distance away (Friday is YEARS away in essay terms). I have nothing that I urgently have to do tonight; no homework, no articles. It’s amazingly peaceful in my brain, I actually don’t have anything to do tonight. I’m not bored exactly, I have a lot of things I could be doing assignment-wise and a busy day tomorrow but I’m starting to remember that boredom is a thing that happens. And I remembered I have this blog. Maybe I should take more time to write things that don’t have to have a point and don’t have to be corrected. It isn’t something I (or any of my teachers) thought would ever happen to me but I have been working quite hard lately. It’s amazing what happens as you get older. I always worried about developing joint pain as I aged but developing a work ethic is far more alarming.

With college work and newspaper work there are a lot of things I’ve been neglecting. My non-newspaper friends tend to fade into the background. It’s a bad state of affairs when merely leaving the library to talk to someone becomes too much effort. My flat has been a bit of a disaster too, I’ve put on 2 loads of washing already today and i need to do a third. When it starts getting tricky to dress yourself it’s probably time for a break. And worst of all, my book and dvd libraries are taunting me with their neglect. I haven’t watched anything apart from Downton Abbey for a month. Really. Now, Downton Abbey is amazing, no question. It’s all you could want in a tv show, where else could you find someone coming back from the dead with amnesia or shagging a diplomat to death presented as highbrow viewing? But the percentage of unwatched and unread items in my collection is approaching 50% and that just wont do. Time to reinstate my new years resolution of old and start watching and reviewing films I think. Where should I start; How to Steal a Million or Coen Brothers boxset?